Staff at Trowbridge’s latest pop-up charity shop have noticed that many Christmas gift browsers are turning to a more economical way of shopping.

With a selection of some new and mostly good quality items, shoppers are finding present bargains at charity outlets in the current testing economic climate.

Kim Single-Bloom, treasurer of the Bath Cancer Unit Support Group pop-up shop in Castle Place, has noticed a change in the way people shop for their presents.

She said: "We have a vast range of items from children’s toys to new labelled items and nearly new goods which are being  snapped up by shoppers looking for that Christmas gift bargain.

"We have been lucky over the past few months to have collected a good stock for the shop which has recently opened, and business has been brisk.

"People have been generous in donating items- many of them new - and also some hand-crafted goods.”

The last pop-up shop Christmas shop the charity ran was two years ago when the group reached their £16,000 target. This year, with two more weeks of trading to go before Christmas, they hope to match or exceed that figure.

It is thanks to the staff and management of Castle Place shopping centre who facilitate the shop, that the charity is able to open for this popular fundraising event.

Michael Taylor, chairman of the BCUSG trustees, praised the hard work of the pop-up shop volunteers.

"They are doing a remarkable job during a short period with all the monies raised going to the purchase of essential equipment and to provide facilities and services unable to be funded by the NHS which benefits cancer patients at the Bath Royal United Hospital," he said.

The pop-up shop is open daily staffed by a group of volunteers from 10am-4pm at the Castle Place Shopping centre right up to Christmas Eve.